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To: unspun
logic is like house building

I like that analogy and use it. Religion, too, is like house building. Or economics. Or politics. Sometimes the building is described in terms of systems which aspire to universe building. But that endeavor mistakes the material for the product. The principal difference between ancient and modern can be understood with this analogy. Modern philosophy (which influences scientific thinking, especially in the areas of dispute) has presumed to identify the material for the product. While the ancient recognized it had to build a shelter in a world of danger, the modern view arrogates to itself a self-designated power to encompass the universe with its building and thereby equate its discoveries with the domain of existence. What is irrational in the old view is in some sense to be feared. What is irrational in the new view is to be ridiculed at all costs. It cannot allow an outside, only an expansive inside. When cracks appear, as in the naive belief of religion, for example, the only recourse for the master inside the house of reason, is blinds.

1,233 posted on 03/02/2003 11:31:24 AM PST by cornelis
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To: cornelis
Yes. And tragically, people's inner darkness is, in the eyes of God, suitable only for the outer darkness. Emotional gusher that God is, He will only keep the light lit for those who accept His reality and lovingcare, for those who would not attempt a shield against The Light.
1,234 posted on 03/02/2003 11:40:21 AM PST by unspun (The most terrorized place in America is a mother's womb.)
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